Chapter 64 Sunning the grass and hunting in the woods
Since more than two months ago, the children of the tribe have had an additional task - to harvest green grass.
Not only them, but the women in the tribe who don't pick fruits are also doing this.
The harvesting of grass has actually been going on for a long time, but the amount harvested at that time was not large. It was only enough to feed rabbits and bring some to the deer near Salt Mountain every day.
But things are different now. Since the Son of God gave the order more than two months ago, they have to harvest at least twice as much grass every day as before.
The excess grass was spread out to dry in the tribe's large yard, then collected and piled together.
Instead of piling them directly on the ground, we first use some thick tree trunks to separate them as a base. A layer of branches is placed on the trunks, and a layer of hay that other rabbits and deer don't like to eat is spread on the branches. Then we start to dry them in the sun.
hay is piled on top.
This provides ventilation, moisture-proofing, and prevents the hay underneath from mold and rot.
By now, the dried grass has been piled into three large haystacks.
Of course, Han Cheng had his own intention in giving such an order. The purpose was to prepare winter rations for the rabbits raised by the tribe, and of course to bribe the deer in Yanshan.
The grass that naturally withers and dries in the fields in autumn has a completely different taste than the grass that has been harvested and dried.
Dried grass is more popular with herbivores.
In order to avoid braving the severe cold in winter to collect hay with rabbits, Han Chenggong ordered preparations in advance.
The adults in the tribe were not idle either. After picking a certain amount of fruits, they, under the guidance of Han Cheng, built a row of earthen piles inside and against the wall.
The earthen pile is tightly attached to the inside of the wall, one meter wide, one meter high and two meters long.
One is built every two meters apart.
Because there was no pile driving and only a shallow layer of foundation was dug, this work did not take the tribe too long and was completed in less than a month.
Han Cheng asked him to create such a circle of short stacks, which was not superfluous. Such a circle of short stacks had a great effect.
Firstly, it can make the wall stronger, and secondly, it can greatly enhance the tribe's defense capabilities.
Due to time constraints, the tribe's wall was only built to a height of two meters. Such a high level of defense against ordinary beasts would be fine, but if there were other tribes or people who were good at climbing, it would be a bit incapable of doing so.
So Han Chenggong built another layer of stacks on the inside of the wall, which was equivalent to a low wall.
With this two-meter-long short mat as a stepping stone, the tribesmen can clearly see the situation outside, and when they encounter danger, they can also use stones, stone spears, and spears to attack and defend the tribe from a high position.
Looking at the short stacks every two meters on the inside, as well as the stones and stone spears placed on the short stacks, Han Cheng felt a sense of peace of mind.
No matter what, you must do a good job in your own defense.
After all, this is the primitive era, not the era of later generations where nothing will happen if you wander alone on the streets at one or two o'clock at night.
After this circle of low walls was completed, the eldest brother took the people in the tribe out for hunting, and it was still quite some time before the snow fell.
During this time, you can also hunt down some prey.
Although the tribe now does not need to worry too much about food because of the fish cages and the technology of breaking ice to catch fish in winter, the eldest brother still led the people out to hunt.
Their mouths, because of the existence of the Son of God, had been filled with food. After eating too much fish, they also thought they could eat half of the meal of animal meat.
And this year is different from the past. In the past, even if the weather was colder, they would not be able to store the meat for a long time even if they beat a lot of animal meat. Now with the pickling and drying method taught by the Son of God, there is no need to worry at all.
It may happen that the meat is spoiled.
In the forest where fallen leaves fell from time to time, the senior brother led ten adult men and ten adult women in the tribe to walk carefully with sharpened wooden sticks, stone spears, and throwing stones. (Hei Wa,
Tietou is also among them)
They are looking for prey.
Their luck was not very good today. The day was almost half over, and they just caught a rabbit.
While they were feeling depressed, there was a sudden noise in front of them. Before everyone was ready, an adult wild boar jumped out of the forest.
This guy obviously didn't expect that there were so many people here, so he suddenly turned around and ran westward.
The senior brother and other people in the Qingque tribe were very excited when they saw this, and they immediately started to pursue them with their weapons.
At this time, more noises came from the forest, and then a group of guys who were also surrounded by animal skins and carrying sticks rushed out, shouting and chasing in the direction of the wild boar's escape.
Obviously, they found the wild boar.
The senior brother who had just been happy for a moment was no longer happy immediately.
Like other people in the tribe who wanted to catch up, he stopped his steps and stood on the spot, looking enviously at the dozen or so people running not far away from him in pursuit of the prey.
Among the dozen or so people who ran past, the person at the front looked the strongest. He was the leader of the tribe.
As soon as he came out of the forest and noticed the group of people standing outside the forest, he showed a vigilant look.
Although when two tribes meet during hunting, they generally do not compete with each other for prey. Whoever finds it belongs to the other, but that is also a general situation.
The weather is getting colder and colder day by day, which is the most important time to store food for the winter. At this time, there are many more snatchings of prey than at other times.
Moreover, there are more people in the tribe in front of us than in our own tribe. The most important thing is that our tribe only discovered this wild boar and did not capture it. Under such circumstances, the other party is very likely to follow
If your own tribe fights for it, if something like this really happens, it will be a bit troublesome.
As he chased the wild boar in the direction where it escaped, he looked back from time to time to glance at the group of people not far away.
He felt relieved when he saw that they were just looking at him and the others, with no intention of chasing them.
He shouted something unknown in his mouth, and led the tribe members to speed up and chase the wild boar in the direction it was running.
The eldest brother is envious of these people's good luck. In the first glance, he has roughly recognized this tribe. This tribe has interacted with them, but their intersections are only held every other year.
A happy party.
They also live in this area, but it is not close to their Qingque tribe, and they need to walk for more than a day to get there.
The Qingque tribe is a friendly tribe. Even in the past, the senior brother would not fight for the prey discovered by other tribes first. Now that the tribe does not have to worry about food, he will not do such a thing.
He stood here with some envy for a while, looking at the wild boar and the tribe running away, and then he also set off with the people in the tribe, looking for their own prey.
